Today is Monday, April 5, the 96th day of 2004. There are 270 days left in the year. The Jewish

Today is Monday, April 5, the 96th day of 2004. There are 270 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sunset. On this date in 1964, Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur dies in Washington at age 84.
In 1614, American Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. In 1621, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England. In 1792, George Washington casts the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states. In 1887, British historian Lord Acton wrote, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde loses his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices. In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death after their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union; co-defendant Morton Sobell is sentenced to 30 years in prison (he was released in 1969). In 1976, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies in Houston at age 72. In 1992, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton dies in Little Rock, Ark., at age 74.
April 5, 1979: Dr. Lynn Bollinger, a Purdue University professor and a respected aircraft designer, will head the new Commuter Aircraft Corp. Inc., which plans to build 40-seat turboprop planes at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.
The Public Utilities Commission staff recommends that Ohio Edison Co. be granted a 16 percent emergency surcharge over current rates that would bring the company an additional $50 million between May 1 and the end of the year.
President Carter unveils a new energy blueprint for the nation that will boost gasoline prices, perhaps by as much as 15 cents per gallon over two years. The extra revenue would be earmarked for programs to conserve oil and develop other energy sources.
April 5, 1964: The Youngstown-Mahoning County Civil Defense Corps reorganizes its auxiliary police force.
A group of eight Youngstown University students enrolled in the Army's Reserve Officers Training Corps is learning to fly as a first step toward becoming future Army pilots. They are taking their ground and flight training at Southern Airways Airport.
The walls of the stately H.K. Wick mansion on Logan Road, which was built for $1 million in 1911, are falling under a wrecking ball. Most recently used as an Ursuline convent, the 54-room mansion will be razed to make way for home sites.
April 5, 1954: Arturo Toscanini retires as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra at the age of 87. Word of his retirement was withheld until he completed his last concert, an all-Wagner performance at Carnegie Hall.
The Most Rev. Emmet Walsh, bishop of the Youngstown Catholic Diocese, turns the first shovel of dirt in groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Immaculate Heart of Mary school and church at Norquest Boulevard in Austintown.
The Builders Association of Mahoning County releases figures estimating the average basic cost of a four-and-a-half room home with an unfinished second floor at $13,236. The cost does not include the garage, paved driveway or landscaping.
April 5, 1929: The Mahoning and Shenango valleys suffer their worst flood damage since the disaster of 1913. Mills and factories along the Mahoning River and Crab Creek curtailed activities and more than 50 families had to be evacuated by boat from the Crab Creek Valley.
Youngstown's first bridge tournament, to determine the championship of the Mahoning Valley, opens at the Ohio Hotel under the auspices of the Youngstown Whist Club and The Vindicator.